KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) – Asia’s largest dairy producer, Yili Group announced the world’s first ‘Annual Report on Biodiversity Protection of Yili Group’ at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt recently.
Chief executive officer of the group, Zhang Jianqiu shared the report as well as the company’s practices and experience in its protection of biodiversity.
According to a statement, the group is the only Chinese enterprise signing the Commitment Letter of Enterprises and Biodiversity of the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity that was invited to the conference.
Jianqiu said: “Yili is going ahead with the idea of ‘Green Leadership’ proposed by the group chairman, Pan Gang and is pushing forward with the strategy ‘Green Industrial China’.
“The 15th edition of the conference will be held in China for the first time in 2020. Yili sincerely hopes that more and more Chinese enterprises will join hands with them to protect the biodiversity,” he added.
The company has also witnessed steady growth in revenue and net profits over the years. As of the third quarter of 2018, the group has rung up sales of RMB61.327 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 16.88 per cent. (RMB100 = RM60.48)
Representatives from over 190 contracting states of the Convention on Biodiversity participated in the event and had in-depth discussions on policies on biodiversity integration of agriculture, forestry, fishery and tourism.
-- BERNAMA
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